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RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual - If a new version is found, you are asked about upgrading. Click Yes to update your firmware. Warning: Do not turn off the extender, shut down the computer, or do anything else to the extender while the update is in progress, as indicated by the messages that display. - If no new firmware version is available, the message No New Firmware Version Available displays. • Check for New Version Upon Login. If this option is selected (the default), the extender checks the NETGEAR database for a newer firmware image file every time you log in. To disable this feature, clear the check box. • Locate and select the Update file from your hard disk. Use this field, and the Browse and Update buttons, to manually check for new firmware. To manually check and upload new firmware, use the following steps. Note: You cannot perform the following steps from a computer connected to the extender through a wireless link. You must use a computer connected to the extender through an Ethernet cable, and your Web browser must support HTTP uploads, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.78 or later. a. Log in to the WiFi range extender. b. Select Wireless Extender Status under Management in the main menu. When the Wireless Extender Status screen displays, note the version number of your extender firmware. c. Go to http://www.NETGEAR.com/support, and select Downloads from the menu bar. d. From the Product Selection drop-down list, select WPN824EXT. The Product Support page for your extender displays. e. Under Downloads, check the most recent firmware version offered against the firmware version shown on your Wireless Extender Status screen. f. If the version on the NETGEAR website is more recent, click the version number. Then, click Right-click and Save to Download, and save the file to a location on your hard disk. g. Log in again to the WiFi range extender, then select Firmware Update under Maintenance in the main menu. Setup and Maintenance v1.0, April 2008 3-11

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RangeMax WiFi Range Extender WPN824EXT User Manual
Setup and Maintenance
3-11
v1.0, April 2008
–
If a new version is found, you are asked about upgrading. Click
Yes
to update your
firmware.
–
If no new firmware version is available, the message
No New Firmware Version
Available
displays.
•
Check for New Version Upon Login
. If this option is selected (the default), the extender
checks the NETGEAR database for a newer firmware image file every time you log in. To
disable this feature, clear the check box.
•
Locate and select the Update file from your hard disk
. Use this field, and the
Browse
and
Update
buttons, to manually check for new firmware.
To manually check and upload new firmware, use the following steps.
a.
Log in to the WiFi range extender.
b.
Select
Wireless
Extender Status
under Management in the main menu. When the
Wireless Extender Status screen displays, note the version number of your extender
firmware.
c.
Go to
,
and select
Downloads
from the menu bar.
d.
From the
Product Selection
drop-down list, select
WPN824EXT
. The Product Support
page for your extender displays.
e.
Under Downloads
,
check the most recent firmware version offered against the firmware
version shown on your Wireless Extender Status screen.
f.
If the version on the NETGEAR website is more recent, click the version number. Then,
click
Right-click and Save to Download
,
and save the file to a location on your hard disk.
g.
Log in again to the WiFi range extender, then select
Firmware Update
under
Maintenance in the main menu.
Warning:
Do not turn off the extender, shut down the computer, or do anything
else to the extender while the update is in progress, as indicated by
the messages that display.
Note:
You cannot perform the following steps from a computer connected to the
extender through a wireless link. You must use a computer connected to the
extender through an Ethernet cable, and your Web browser must support HTTP
uploads, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, or Netscape
Navigator 4.78 or later.